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Who doesn’t need a poll these days on a website/blog? It might make your visitors interact more and keep them interested. And if you are going to choose a poll platform for a WordPress installation, look no further than Polldaddy — “the most powerful and easy to use” poll software around.

While this plugin isn’t as comprehensive as the original Automattic plugin PollDaddy Polls & Ratings, it does allow you to customizably show your polls to your visitors (yes, only polls). Below are some great features BWP Polldaddy offers you:

Plugin Features

Simple, lightweight and easy to use

Allow you to update your polls manually or automatically using a configurable time settings

Offer SSL support for paid Polldaddy accounts

Display polls using widget

Display polls using shortcode

Display polls using template functions

Limit the number of polls to display

Sort polls based on IDs, creation date, numbers of responses, or sort randomly

WordPress Multi-site compatible

Plugin Usage

First and foremost, BWP Polldaddy Polls needs a pair of API key and UserCode to function. If you don’t have one, you will not see any setting and the plugin will be put into a semi-deactivated mode, i.e. activated but not functional.

An API key can be registered for free here: http://polldaddy.com/register/. To generate a UserCode simply navigate to Settings > BWP Polldaddy, type in your newly-registered API key and then press “Get new UserCode”. If it goes well, you should be able to see your auto-generated UserCode as well as other plugin settings (i.e. the plugin is now fully activated).

Update polls

There are two ways to update your polls, either manual or automatic (which is the default setting).

When manual update is on, simply press the “Clear cached Polls” button (right next to “Save Changes”) to update polls. Note that this button can also be used to force an update when automatic update is enabled.

BWP Polldaddy Polls also keeps a log of poll update which shows you some basic info on the last update, including the date and time when it is carried out and any error message if it is not successful. You can find the log in the Poll Stats section:

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